Associate Professor Hatice Ozer-Balli MA, BSc, PhD

After completing P.h.D in Economics from University of Houston, TX, USA, Hatice joined to Massey University in July, 2008. She previously worked in University of Houston as a Teaching Fellow for several undergraduate classes including Principles of Macroeconomics and Introduction to Probability and Statistics.Hatice is recently promoted to Associate Professor at Massey University and currently teaching both undergraduate and graduate levels of Econometrics related courses along with Advanced Microeconomics. 

Her research broadly focused on applied time series econometrics and international finance. Having a solid advanced econometrics background combined with an application to financial data in her PhD, she progressed by expanding her experience in applied econometrics. Through collaboration, she was able to assist others lacking the technical skills by applying the latest techniques over a wide range of topics including finance (exchange rates, equities, and assets), macroeconomics (income smoothing and bilateral trade), aviation (airport efficiency, forecasting air travel demand), agricultural economics (dairy industry), and banking  (financial performance of microfinance institutions), and property (windfarms and property values).

 She has many publications (mostly in A/A*-grade journals) including Journal of Banking and Finance, Tourism Management (3), Economic Modelling (3), Applied Economics (2), and International Review of Finance (2), Tourism Economics, Empirical Economics, Journal of Economics and Business (2), Journal of Air Transport Management (2), and International Journal of Strategic Property Management, Tourism Geographies, Journal of Economics, Finance, Tourism Analysis, and Review of Middle East Economics and Finance.

Some of her current research involves development of new techniques and investigation of econometric/modelling issues. These are significant for all social sciences, in addition to their application to financial data.  Her work has been tested before international audiences and it stands up well to criticism at high-level conferences including American Economic Association meetings  (AEA/ASSA) (in 2010, 2011, and 2012 with different papers), Financial Management Association (FMA) (in 2012) and European Financial Management Association (EFMA) (in 2012)annual meetings, INFINITI, Southern Economic Association conference, NZAE conference, NZESG meetings just to count a few. She also contributes to research with serving on editorial boards of 4 journals  and supervising  many PhD/MSc students.

Nominated for Albany Students’ Association Lecturer of the Year award (LOTY) in 2015, 2016, and  2017. Massey University Research Fund (MURF) is granted up to 9,095 NZD, 2015, Massey University College of Business- Early Career Research Award, 2013, Highly commended winner in the 2012 Emerald /EFMD MENA Management Research Fund Award; The young researcher best paper/presentation RBNZ-NZESG award at the 20th NZESG (New Zealand Econometric Study Group) Meeting, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, 2010;  Dr. J. Walter Primeaux and Natalie A. Primeaux Award for Excellence in Economic Education and Research, University of Houston (UH), USA, 2006;  UH travel Grant, USA, 2005-2006; Graduate Tuition Fellowship, UH, USA, 2002-2008; Cullen Memorial Graduate Fellowship, UH, USA, 2002-2008; Tuition and Stipend Fellowship, University of BILKENT, Turkey, 1999-2002.

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